Swedish is natively spoken by about 10 million people, primarily in Sweden, where it is the official language, and among Swedish-speaking communities in Finland and Estonia. It is integral to Swedish cultural identity, known for its design, literature (including works by Strindberg and Lagerlöf), and contributions to social welfare. Written in the Latin alphabet, Swedish grammar features a subject-verb-object (SVO) word order, definite and indefinite articles attached to nouns, and a system of verb conjugations that indicate tense, mood, and aspect.
Statistici
Language Family: Indo-European
Writing System: Latin
Writing System Type: Alphabet
Writing Direction: L to R
Tones / Pitch Accent: 2
Morphology: Analytic
Cases: 2
Grammatical Gender / Noun Class: 2
Number of Verb Tenses: 5
Word Order: SVO
Number of Vowels (Monophthongs): 18
Number of Consonants: 18
Zone unde e vorbită
Åland Islands (Finland) (official) (88.3%) (27 k)
Finland (official) (5.5%) (306 k)
Sweden (official) (89.5%) (9.39 mil)
Resurse
News
News articles in Swedish https://www.svt.se/
Radio / Podcasts
Swedish radio https://sverigesradio.se/
Podcasts and programmes https://sverigesradio.se/poddar-program
Listen to Swedish dialects with transcripts http://swedia.ling.gu.se/snabbmeny.html
Videos
Watch programmes in Swedish with Swedish subtitles https://www.svtplay.se/